Daniel



Ut) d) DANinL OVERHOLTZEP., or POLO, ILLINOIS; Letters- Patent 1Y0. 73,193, datcd January 7, 1868.

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l'O ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, DANIEL OVERHOLTZER, of Polo, inV the county of Ogle, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Bag-Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description th'ereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference boing hud to'the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 represents my improved device for fastening bags, before it is secured.

Figure 2 represents the same after it is secured around the mouth of a bug.

Figure 3, a detached view of the device.

Similar letters of' reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improved device for fasteningthe month of a bag of grain or other commodity, and consists in an iron hook pivoted to a link,' and so arranged,vin connection with another link through which it passes, that by moving in one directionl on the pivot the bag is fastened by a cord attached to both links, and by moving in the opposite direction the bag is unfastened, as hereinafter described.

-A cord, a, is attached at one end to an iron-link, b, and atv the other end to n link, c, the cord a being 'made i or cnt the proper length for fastening a bag when drawn tight around the month, which is' folded or rgathered up in the usual way. The link b is formed with an open hook at one end, and the two sides of the hook enclose a lockingfhook, d, which is pivoted at the extreme point of its bend to the endof the hook on the -link b, in such manner that when the longpart or shank ofthe hook is'pvnssed through the link c, it maybe drawnforward with theplink c, to carry it over so as to catch in the hook of the link b, andV there catch and be held tight 'by a locking-Heet when the corda is passed around the mouth of a bag, as shown in fig. '2. ,When this has been done, the shank of' the locking-hook d' lies flat against the neck of thebng, and the device keeps the bag closed. It may -be opened instantly by raising the locking-hook d.

Having tlius described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I The vbaig-fastene1g constructed as d escribcd, consisting of the link I), having an open hook at one end,

betiveen'thc' sides of which the bend of the locking-hook d is pivoted, in such amanner that the link C, when placed over the locking-hook, will clamp the bend of said hook in the .hooked 'end of the open link 6,'as herein shown and described. l

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 19th day'of September, 1867.

DANIEL OVRHOLTZER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. WATEns, L. F. Kme. 

